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How to Make a Pizza: Best Homemade Pepperoni Pizza + Sauce

A delicious and easy recipe that comes together quickly with simple ingredients.

Ingredients

• Dough
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tbs sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbs shortening
• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 1 tbs active dry yeast
• 2tbs vegetable oil
• Sauce
• 1 6oz can tomato paste
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 tbs sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp basil
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• Toppings
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

1. 1Attach dough hook to standing mixer
2. 2In standing mixer bowl add sugar, salt, yeast, shortening and water in that order. Turn mixer on.
3. 3Add flour. Let dough hook stir mixture until flour starts to come together.
4. 4Drizzle oil on sides of bowl and continue mixing until dough begins to form. Scrape remaining flour off sides of bowl and mix in with hands. Dough should not be sticky.
5. 5Cover bowl with kitchen towel and set in warm dry place to let rise, about 45 minutes